Shelter / Housing

This Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) draws upon the findings of various assessments carried out in the immediate aftermath of the disasters and presents estimates for loss and damage as a result of the 2009 earthquake and tsunami in Samoa.

This Joint Rapid Assessment presents preliminary cost estimates for loss and damage from the 2009 Earthquake in Bhutan. It estimates recovery costs and identifies priorities for early recovery, reconstruction and disaster risk reduction.

This report provides insights into the reconstruction efforts following Cyclone Sidr, focusing on the development of durable and safe core family shelters.

This document assesses the Red Cross Red Crescent's work in supporting communities to rebuild their own lives after the Indian Ocean tsunami and to cope with future threats – 'natural' disasters, the effects of climate change, outbreaks of disease

This guide is intended to demonstrate the value of using built environment professionals more widely in disaster risk reduction and response. It shows how their skills and expertise can be applied at all stages of disaster management. It highlights that

This handbook was made to provide simple information to home owners, designers and builders, and building monitors to teach principles of good design and good construction in a natural hazard prone area. Thoroughly studied, they will also guide on whether

The post-tsunami housing reconstruction in Kalutara District, Sri Lanka, led by the Belgian Red Cross, focused on building houses and essential infrastructure, empowering beneficiaries through an owner-driven approach.

Oxfam briefing note:

This note calls on the Government of Bangladesh and the international community to scale up recovery and rehabilitation efforts to meet the cyclone survivors’ urgent need for housing and livelihoods, further to cyclone Sidr.

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This document provides a comprehensive review of the settlement and housing recovery process in Aceh and Nias after the 2004 tsunami and earthquake

A report on the responses to hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma and their effect on the state of housing:

With the only point of consensus being that “things could have been done better”, this paper looks at the responses to disaster to see if any